Croatia – fit for EU Membership?

But this sort of thing, circulated by the eminent Centre for Research into Post-communist Economies, shows that beneath the surface – or even bang on it – a lot of nasty habits and people and instincts inherited from the communist period and then the ghastly Tudjman era are flourishing.

I am forwarding the CRCE appeal on behalf of H21 to William Hague’s office and to senior people in Brussels, urging them to take action.

Come on Croatia. Stop producing this rubbish. And don’t bring it into our EU tent. We have enough already.

A Call for the Release of Croatia’s Political Prisoner – 72 year old Author and Stalwart Anti-Corruption Activist Aleksandar Saša Radovi

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[…] Sasha Radović (75), retired colonel and anti-corruption activist, was arrested on November 17, 2011, the very day he announced his candidacy in the December 2011 elections. In his many books, Mr. Radovic had exposed political corruption and unexplained wealth of top state leaders, including then interior minister Karamarko and a military general Cermak. Extortion charges against Mr. Radović were brought by Ivan Cermak, a plumber turned Croatia's general, and alleged war-profiteer whose wealth, including a chain of 63 gas stations, has been investigated by journalists and anti-corruption activists but ignored by Croatia's authorities. […]